tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post3088437139495440459..comments2018-03-19T10:41:10.226+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Two Tablets, One StoryNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-42879438039964583742017-08-11T12:10:47.127+01:002017-08-11T12:10:47.127+01:00Yes, that&#39;s right, it was Patrick KurpYes, that&#39;s right, it was Patrick KurpGuy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-22306506681589868762017-08-11T11:11:45.288+01:002017-08-11T11:11:45.288+01:00Thanks for the suggestion George.
Guy, I think Ri...Thanks for the suggestion George. <br />Guy, I think Richard Wilbur uses the word &#39;noyades&#39; somewhere - did Patrick Kurp mention it? A ghastly story. Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-21718860580345735972017-08-11T09:54:25.299+01:002017-08-11T09:54:25.299+01:00The name of your chapel - The Chapel of the drowne...The name of your chapel - The Chapel of the drowned - reminded me of other dreadful historical events that took place during the Revolution: the Drownings of Nantes (Les Noyades de Nantes) where priests and nuns were tied together (sometimes naked to humiliate them) in &quot;Republican Marriages&quot; or &quot;Underwater Marriages&quot;. and placed on barges which were then sunk in the middle of the Loire. Thousands died like this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownings_at_Nantes <br />Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-26664371338199646152017-08-10T23:02:03.234+01:002017-08-10T23:02:03.234+01:00Have you read Francis Parkman&#39;s histories of F...Have you read Francis Parkman&#39;s histories of France in North America? To be sure, he is much more interested in the explorers and soldiers than in those who came to farm and fish. But history, in the hands of a fairly good historian, can tell one a good deal.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com